Apparatus for drawing water from wells



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APPARATUS POR DRAWING WATER FROMWBLLS. No. 362,352. K Patented May 3,1887.

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JESSE H. BAETLETT, oE scoTT CITY, KANSAS.

APPARATUS FOR DRAWING WATER FROM WELLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,352, dated May 3,1887, Application tiled January 15, 1887. Serial No. 224,392. (Nomodel.)

T all whom it may concern.- y

Be it known that I, JESSE H. BARTLETT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Scott City, in the county of Scott and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatusfor Drawing Water from Wells; and I do hereby declare that thefollowingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make anduse the same, reference being had to keepers J J.

the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, andin which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im proved apparatus fordrawing water from wells or cisterns. Fig. 2 is a transverse verticalsection of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view' of theremovable emptying-trough inside of the well; casing, and Fig. 4. is adetail view of one of the keepers or devices for attaching said troughremovably to the inside of the well-casing.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention has relation to that class of devices for drawing waterfrom wells or cisterns, or so -called water-elevators, in which a pairof buckets are employed suspended at opposite ends of a rope or chainpassing over a pulley-wheel fixed above the well coping or casing, andso arranged that the full buckets will be emptied automatically into atrough inside of the well-casing; and my improvement consists in thedetailed construction and combination of parts of an apparatus of thatclass, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Inthe accompanying drawings, A denotes the casing orcoping of the wellor cistern, and B B two uprights, one on each side of the same, theupper parts of which form bearings for a shaft, C, having a crank, D,for turning it. Upon shaft O is fixed a pulley-wheel, E, over whichpasses the chain or cable. F, having the buckets G and H suspended fromopposite ends.

Upon one side of the well-casing, on the inside, is fastened a trough,I, by means of the ach of these keepers consists of a hook-shaped catchhaving projections at its inner hinge end, which enter perforatedblocks, so as to swing freely up and down. The outer hooked ends, M, ofthese keepers overlap the top of the trough and bear against t theoutside of the Same, thus holding it rmly in its proper position. At thesame time the trough may b`e readily removed when desired by tilting thekeepers up, as indicated in dotted lines, so as to disengage theirhooked ends from the trough. Over the trough is placed an invertedtrough, N, the outside of which overlaps the lower trough, I. Thisinverted upper trough is fastened removably to the side of thewell-casing by any suitable means.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings,the operation of this apparatus will be readily understood. In loweringone of the buckets empty down into the well or cistern, the other bucketwill be drawn up full, and as it' reaches with its top edge theoverlapping edge of the inverted trough end it will be tilted or upset,so as to empty its contents into the removable discharge-trough I, whichis slightly inclined, and connects at its inclined end with a spout orpipe, through which the water is conveyed to any suitable receptacle. Incleansing the Well, or when for any other purpose it is desired toremove the obstructions on the inside, this may be done in a moment oftime by lifting out the inverted trough N, raising the hookshapedkeepers, and detaching and-removing trough I. In the same manner thetrough may readiiy be cleaned when desired, or a new one substituted foran old and worn trough whenever desired. 'By reason of the upper troughprojecting over the lower one, leaves, dust, and

other impurities are kept from falling into the lower trough, and at thesame time the entire top of the well is not covered, as such coveringwould prevent that free circulation of the air within t-he well which isnecessary for pure water. Y

Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim andl desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States y The combination, with awell'casing, of an upright upon each side having a bearing at its top, ashaft having-a pulley-wheel, a chain having a bucket secured to eachend, a trough

